English
Sussex
Sussex comes from Old English Sūþseaxan.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sūþseaxanliterally ‘South Saxons’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967Sussex
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Sūþseaxanliterally ‘South Saxons’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967Sussex
Earliest quotation: 1967, Folia Biologica: “In the blood of the four groups of birds…”
The story
Inherited from Old English Sūþseaxan (literally “South Saxons”), which stood for both Sussex and its people. The town in New Brunswick may have been named after Sussex, New Jersey. The civil parish is named after the town.
Every English word from Old English Sūþseaxan
Today it means
name A former county of south-east England, England, United Kingdom, now divided into East and West Sussex), then bordered by Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and the English Channel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Sūþseaxan / Sussex